OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 20, 2024 /CNW/ - Tomorrow afternoon, Premier Doug Ford and Minister Sylvia Jones are anticipated to announce devastating changes to provincial funding for safe consumption sites and overdose prevention all across Ontario at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) 2024 Conference in Ottawa.

Media representatives are invited to a briefing with subject matter experts on the impacts flowing from the anticipated announcement of cuts to provincial funding for supervised drug consumption sites.

WHO – On Site Media Contacts

Kayla Hagerty – Founder of Solidarity Alliance of People Who Use Drugs (SAPWUD)
Kaylahagerty@cmail.carleton.ca        613-702-2849

Leah Podobnik – Overdose Prevention Ottawa 
autophobiac@yahoo.ca 

Dr. Yipeng Ge, Physician
yipeng.ge.ottawa@gmail.com

WHO – Remote Media Contacts

Dylan Demarsh – HIV Legal Aid Network 
d.dmarsh@hivlegalnetwork.ca

Justin Piché, PhD – Professor of Criminology, University of Ottawa
Member, Criminalization and Punishment Education Project
justin.piche@uottawa.ca        613-793-1093

WHEN
August 20, 2024 – 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST)

WHERE
Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON

SOURCE Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)